Onegai! Tsunade-Hime

Chapter 6: JikouShoukai (self-introduction)

"Is that any way to treat your sensei?" the person who just entered asked.

A few hours ago…

"Be that boy's sensei?" an incredulous Tsunade asked.

"Yes" the Sandaime said after taking a puff of his pipe "I had originally thought for the person in this file to be his sensei" Sandaime said while handing Tsunade a folder "but even he does not see Naruto's potential and will most likely focus on the genius Uchiha.

Therefore I think it would be in the team's best interest if you teach them."

"I don't know sensei" Tsunade responded, looking over the folder again "This person seems very capable and I have never led a team before"

"Even geniuses have their problems Tsunade, you should know that very well" Sandaime said "So..will you accept?"

"Alright then, I can also assume that except for a handful, most of the jounin of this village hate Naruto right?" Tsunade asked

Sandaime nodded.

"Okay then, I'll do it" Tsunade decided.

Back to the present…

A decision se hoped she would not regret as she looked upon the three who were now seated across from her on the roof.

This arrangement looks eerily familiar Tsunade thought "Why don't we start by introducing ourselves?" Tsunade said "You, the one in orange, why don't you start" and pointed at Naruto.

"Yosh! My name is Uzumaki Naruto, I like ramen and Iruka-sensei! What I don't like is waiting for my ramen to cook and perverts and my dream is to become Hokage"

Even though you are one yourself Tsunade thought after remembering her previous meetings with Naruto. Hokage huh? We'll see.

Sakura, seeing that it was her turn, decided to speak up "Haruno Sakura my likes are.."

She blushed and looked at Sasuke "my dream for the future is.." blush and look at Sasuke again." What I dislike is Naruto" at those words Naruto pouted.

She more concerned about love than being a ninja, I'll fix that later. "And you?" Tsunade gestured at Sasuke.

"Uchiha Sasuke, likes: none, dislikes: none, I don't have a dream but I have a goal that is, to kill a certain man."

Sasuke-kun is so cool! Sakura thought.

Damn Sasuke trying to act cool again Naruto thought

Thoughts of revenge at such a young age, that's not good.

Seeing that everybody was finished, Tsunade introduced herself "Tsunade, medic nin likes: sake and gambling, dislikes: perverts and losing bets. My dream is to revolutionize the medical system we have and possibly save more lives." After a moment of silence Tsunade asked "Well, any questions?"

Sakura raised her hand "Ano, sensei, why are you named after one of the legendary sannin?"

Tsunade was well prepared for such a question "Well you see, my parents have this strange belief that naming their children after strong people will allow them to become strong as well." I hope they believe this "And they heard about the legendary kunoichi Tsunade and decided that I be named after her since famous kunoichi were rare around that time"

Naruto and Sakura just stared blankly at her while surprisingly Sasuke nodded in agreement since he was also named after a famous ninja, one of the founders of ninjutsu itself, Sarutobi Sasuke. Said to be one of the first ninjas along with Hattori Hanzo, he founded one of the first hidden villages Kirigakure and started the Kage system which proved itself effective for managing huge numbers of ninjas instead of having small clans.

But enough about that, Tsunade decided to continue "Well I guess that's it for today, report to training ground with the shinobi memorial early in the morning, make sure to eat your breakfast, you'll need the energy. Dismissed "

After Sasuke and Sakura had left, Tsunade and Naruto stayed on the roof. "Shouldn't you be going?" Tsunade asked

"I don't have anything better to do" Naruto replied. An awkward silence passed between the two until Tsunade broke the silence.

"Sorry about hitting you last night" Tsunade said while looking down.

Naruto quickly turned around to hide the blush that had formed on his cheeks. "It was nothing, forget about it."

"Ano sa, how about I treat you to some ramen, in apology for hitting you yesterday"

At the word ramen, Naruto instantly perked up. "Okay"

Later at Ichiraku..

Tsunade looked at her now empty wallet and the stack of empty bowls beside Naruto "Where the hell do you pack all that food Naruto?"

"Don't know" Naruto said through a mouthful of ramen.

After eating his ramen, Naruto and Tsunade walked back to their apartment after entering and taking their respective baths, they noticed that there was only one bed.

"I'm sleeping on the bed" Tsunade declared

"No way! I'm sleeping on the bed!" replied Naruto

It was like that for a while until Tsunade thought of a solution "Why don't we gamble for it, one game of cards, loser sleeps on the couch."

Never to back down from a challenge, Naruto hastily accepted "Alright! Get ready to sleep on the couch Tsunade!"

Tsunade explained how they were going to play, thirteen cards each, good, better, and best hands, the one with more winning combinations win

The game was on, Tsunade shuffled and cut the deck, after which dealt the cards.

A pair, a full house five and a straight flush. It's impossible to lose Tsunade thought as she arranged her cards. "Ready?" Tsunade asked.

"Yeah" Naruto replied as he finished arranging his cards.

"Here we go" Tsunade said as she laid down her first three cards a pair of 10's and a 2

Naruto laid down his first hand which was composed of a pair of 8's and a 5.

Tsunade -1, Naruto – 0

Tsunade placed her second hand down, a trio of 5's and a pair of kings "Full house" she said.

Naruto placed his own cards down, a full house composed of a trio of 7's and pair of 2's.

Tsunade – 1, Naruto – 1

This is it! Both of them thought as they reached the last hand, the tension was so thick that you could cut it with a knife.

Tsunade slowly pue her hand down a straight flush composed of a 5 6 7 8 9 straight and all diamonds.

Seeing the shock on Naruto's face, Tsunade was about to declare victory when Naruto, who still maintained the shocked expression slowly placed his cards on the table.

"Ro.yal.flush" Naruto said slowly.

Now it was Tsunade who was shocked as she saw that Naruto had won. A royal flush, all diamonds.

Tsunade – 1, Naruto – 2

"Looks like I win Tsu.na.de-chan" he placed emphasis on the "chan" which only served to irritate Tsunade further.

"Just you wait you little shrimp, I'll get back at you for this"

"Dream on old hag! Uzumaki Naruto never loses" Naruto proclaimed triumphantly while adding a thumbs down for effect.

Later..

Tsunade stirred in her sleep as she heard the sound of someone tossing and turning. She followed the sound to find Naruto who was tossing and turning in his sleep, tears streaming down his cheeks.

After draping the blanket over him, Naruto seemed to calm down "Don't worry Naruto, with me as your sensei I will make sure that your dream will come true" and after saying that, she planted a kiss on his forehead.

Later that morning..

Naruto woke feeling a little bit more refreshed than usual. After looking around the apartment, he saw that Tsunade was nowhere to be found. She must have gone ahead.

A quick bath and some cup ramen later. Naruto quickly left his apartment.

Naruto arrived at the training filed to find Sasuke and Sakura waiting.

"Ohayou! Sakura-chaaaan!" Naruto shouted. Sakura winced at the volume of the greeting

and then hit Naruto on the head.

"Baka! It's 5 am! SHUT UUUP!"

"Gomen" Naruto replied sheepishly while nursing his head.

"Yo" a voice from their left said. The three turned to the source of the voice to find Tsunade in full jounin uniform and sporting two red armguards.

"We're going to do something interesting today: Survival Training"

"Ehhhhhhhh! We already did that at the academy sensei" Naruto whined.

"Ah but this one is a bit different, this actually a test to see if you are worthy of becoming genin" Tsunade said.

All three soon to be genin paled.

"This test has a 66.6 failure rate. The objective is for the three of you to attempt to get these two bells from me" she said, raising said two bells "the one who fails to get a bell is to be sent back to the academy and will have to repeat another year"

Tsunade walked over to one of the three logs and placed a clock on top of it "You all have until noon to get these bells from me. Time starts now" and with that Sasuke and Sakura vanished. While surprisingly, Naruto remained.

"Don't you know what a ninja does?" said an exasperated Tsunade "The term "ninja" refers to someone who is an expert in stealth you know"

"The great Uzumaki Naruto doesn't need to hide! I'll just beat you up then take those stupid bells!" Naruto shouted arrogantly while pointing at Tsunade.

Tsunade sighed and popped her knuckles and neck "Looks like I'll have to teach you what being a ninja is all about you little brat" as she started stretching a bit.

"Bring it on old hag!" Naruto said while shifting into a fighting stance

Having finished stretching Tsunade said "By the way, if you want to beat me, come at me with the intent to kill." Tsunade then stomped her foot into the ground, creating visible cracks in the earth as she relaxed into a stance. She stretched out one arm gestured "Come on" a smirk visible of her face.

Tsuzuku

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